Not too bad. I don't drink much and we probably would have had more coffees at the Cove but my daughter wasn't old enough to sit in there and it was too much trouble for me. No Palo or Remy, no candy before shows. We're boring.

My daughter doesn't 'do' videos or arcades, so no money spent there. We also didn't buy any pictures as she was happy with the ones she took.

I'd put enough gift cards on the account to cover what you know you'll spend, and then go back to guest services if you need to apply more. If you overpay with gift cards, they'll put the money back onto the card (s).

Not too bad. I don't drink much and we probably would have had more coffees at the Cove but my daughter wasn't old enough to sit in there and it was too much trouble for me. No Palo or Remy, no candy before shows. We're boring.

My daughter doesn't 'do' videos or arcades, so no money spent there. We also didn't buy any pictures as she was happy with the ones she took.

I'd put enough gift cards on the account to cover what you know you'll spend, and then go back to guest services if you need to apply more. If you overpay with gift cards, they'll put the money back onto the card (s).

Nancy

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Thank you! We're quite boring as well..

I'll probably apply all my cards to the account and "force" myself and the girls to spend them. I'm sure they wouldn't mind a extra souvenir or an extra tooty-fruitty non alcoholic drink.

We spend money on bingo and my son loves to do the pin trading so he always will buy a few new pins on board as well.
We dont do smoothies or the arcade but I know that could be another expense.
We also buy a few shirts on board too. You can always ask guest services what your balance is at any time.

I'll add that it is very unusual for me to do (and pay for) expensive excursions, but I thought the two we did were very good. We did Blue Island dolphins, and it was $199 for my daughter to swim with the dolphins and $40 for me to go as an observer. I could have booked it separately and saved about $30, but it was nice to know that I wasn't responsible for thinking the entire day and booked it through DCL. Stand here, ride this boat, stand here, take the pictures. No possibility of missing the ship at the return.

On Castaway, we did the stingray package, and got to feed the stingrays, go snorkling, have a bike ride and a float. It was great. It was about $50 and worth it.

If you haven't called and put your gift cards on your account prior to sailing (you can do that any time by the way, once you have a reservation number!), let guest services know you have gift cards you'd like to use first, otherwise they automatically charge your linked credit card once it gets to $400. LOL, just saw you didn't plan on even spending that much--still I'd let them know so you don't have a surprise charge!

I want to know about this $10 t-shirt on DCL. That's better than I've managed at the sale racks. An adult shirt is generally $18-25 in the more "kid oriented" shops, higher in the pricier shop (where they are no longer considered basic t-shirts).

We've had cruises where we spent next to nothing beyond tips and cruises where we spent a whole lot more--it depends on the choices you make.

If you haven't called and put your gift cards on your account prior to sailing (you can do that any time by the way, once you have a reservation number!), let guest services know you have gift cards you'd like to use first, otherwise they automatically charge your linked credit card once it gets to $400. LOL, just saw you didn't plan on even spending that much--still I'd let them know so you don't have a surprise charge!

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Oh it's not that I don't plan on spending that much. I just didn't know what there was to spend once I took away all the "stuff" I doubt we'd be doing.

I'm willing to spend what we need to have an enjoyable time. I don't mean the sky's the limited. I was trying to get a ball park figure so I could be prepared in GC. But I don't want to buy to many GC because they will be useless to me after the cruise.

Oh it's not that I don't plan on spending that much. I just didn't know what there was to spend once I took away all the "stuff" I doubt we'd be doing.

I'm willing to spend what we need to have an enjoyable time. I don't mean the sky's the limited. I was trying to get a ball park figure so I could be prepared in GC. But I don't want to buy to many GC because they will be useless to me after the cruise.

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here are some previously un-mentioned items we spent money on (that you could use a gift card for!)
hairbraiding
laundry
room service tips
rafts/intertubes at CC
water package

I want to know about this $10 t-shirt on DCL. That's better than I've managed at the sale racks. An adult shirt is generally $18-25 in the more "kid oriented" shops, higher in the pricier shop (where they are no longer considered basic t-shirts).

We've had cruises where we spent next to nothing beyond tips and cruises where we spent a whole lot more--it depends on the choices you make.

I didn't see mentioned my FAVORITE onboard cost - the deposit for a future cruse date We always budget in an extra $200ish for a 10% deposit on a dummy date for a future cruise.

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Yes! do not forget that one! I am taking cash, because from what I understand is that you can pay at GS up to $500 on your KTTW account and once you start using up the amount, you can add more as you go. This is a way to keep from having just enough there if you need it, and also not overspend. Well, this made sense to me anyways, lOl.

Is putting your on board spending amount on a disney gift card the way to go? I'm thinking its good for not having to carry the cash and not having to worry about using credit cards. This will be our first cruise ever with the family. I still need to research more on what all is included, but based on what people have mentioned so far, I don't think our on board expenses will be that much. We are not drinkers either.